“Adulteress” labels a married woman who has sex outside her marriage. Learn grammar, collocations, prepositions, comparisons (adulterer, paramour), examples, and why neutral terms are often better.
“Adulterous” describes consensual extramarital sex or an affair that breaks exclusivity. Learn grammar, collocations, prepositions, comparisons (extramarital, cheating), examples, and respectful usage.
Adultery means sexual relations when at least one person is married to someone else. See grammar, collocations, prepositional frames, comparisons (infidelity, affair, fornication), and respectful usage.